YACGS - Yet Another Celtic Guardian Set

[ArchsageX]

My first attempt at actually creating cards, bear with my guys! I wanted to make a support set for my all-time favorite card, Celtic Guardian.

[spoiler=Celtic Defender][img]http://i.imgur.com/ujWZf.jpg[/img]

Based on the Bandai version of the card. He costs a tribute, putting one 'Celtic' monster in the Graveyard (most likely), and then his special summon helps bring another one out upon his defeat.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Celtic Trainee][img]http://i.imgur.com/SyzBQ.jpg[/img]

Couldn't find art for this one, but the name describes it pretty well. This guy is great for helping out with the spell support (which are based around 'Celtic' monsters being in the Graveyard), and getting him on the field will help you with tribute fodder.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Celtic Call][img]http://i.imgur.com/J2naP.jpg[/img]

An adaptation of Gottoms' Emergency Call, modified to work as more of a pinch card. Allows you to bring back the Celtic Guardians you've been using as fodder to help protect yourself.

As a side-note, I found this awesome art on deviantart, created by Marikmizuki. [url="http://marikmizuki.deviantart.com/"]Give his stuff a look![/url][/spoiler]

[spoiler=Devout Guardian][img]http://i.imgur.com/MUn4e.jpg[/img]

Essentially turns one of your 'Celtic' monsters into a Thunder King Rai-Oh, or an effect-negation. Also puts your 'Celtic' monsters in the grave, which is useful for the next card.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Comrades in Arms][img]http://i.imgur.com/U2lOv.jpg[/img]

Essentially gives one of your Celtic Guardians a Buster Blader/Dark Magician Girl-esque effect. I nerfed the Atk gain a little bit to make it a bit more balanced, since 500 Atk would rack up pretty fast when the support is based around using the 'Celtic' monsters as fodder.[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Celtic Strike!][img]http://i.imgur.com/7Mkun.jpg[/img]

This is essentially an adaptation of Saber Slash, another X-Saber support card. I felt it would be nice to have this kind of support; a follow-up to Celtic Call would be fantastic, and Celtic Trainee adds to this card's destructive power.[/spoiler]


Thoughts? Like I said, this is my first crack at making a support set. Does my set do an adequate job of providing some support to this iconic card? Does it fall short? In what ways? I'm interested in hearing all kinds of feedback.

[Heimdall The Watcher]

First off, I have to say I applaud your efforts, as Celtic Guardian was the first card I ever really connected with (in the episode of the anime where they dueled Yami Bakura for the first time, and his friends became Flame Swordsman, Magician Of Faith, Cyber Commander, I actually decided that Celtic Guardian would've been mine), so I thank you for the effort.

Having said that, I think your cards are pretty well made; I don't know if all the OCG is correct, as I'm a bit rusty in that regard, but I think you made a solid, respectable effort and got it just about perfect, without making overly complex cards.

As far as the graphics, I think you did excellent on the ones you actually have, and I look forward to seeing the remaining two (or more, if this set continues, which I hope), whenever you get around to it.